Iconic Cheesesteak Sandwiches
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Over at Philly Cold Cuts, the award-winning eatery with two locations, it’s the Philly cheesesteaks that reach the restaurant’s goal of “devotional.”
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Soul-Soothing Italian Fare
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Sirena Serious EATalian debuted in 2004 and is located at the end of a strip of shops in Great Neck. The ever-gracious Fabio Rinaldi serves as proprietor and enforcer of the restaurant’s motto: Italy without the airfare.
Read MoreThe Pink Dinghy: A Far-Flung Culinary Adventure
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At The Pink Dinghy at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront, I bypassed the pink picnic tables out front and sat at a small table amid tropical plants, a shelf of cookbooks, and a wall of splashy artwork and scanned the 15-item dinner menu.
Read MoreBaja-Style Tacos at Bro's
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Forget the cheese and beans and glop that oozes out of Tex-Mex tacos. At Bro’s, they specialize in the Baja style, a fresher, lighter version with roots in the Baja peninsula of California and Mexico.
Read MoreBig Chicken Flavor and a Side of Heat
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Over at Nando’s PERi-PERi Chicken, smiling wait staff hustle between tables delivering towering sandwiches, bowls heaped with mashers, rice and peas, and colorful stoneware platters of fiery, spatchcocked chicken.
Read MoreMilton’s Bay Café: Café Fare with a Greek Flair
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Huddled at the door with a half-dozen others, we bore witness to nimble servers ferrying a parade of dishes: tall, fruited Belgian waffles crowned with swirls of whipped cream, half-moon omelets covering half the plate, bubbly mimosas, and Bloody Marys, too.
Read MoreManny’s Burgers: Plenty Big and Flavorful
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Before McDonald’s flipped its first burger, before Hardee’s and Burger King and before KFC there was Manny’s Burgers, a popular, flat-topped, walk-up joint in Norfolk.
Read MoreSmokin’ Hot Pizza + Porky Que
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Head over to The Pizza Box in Virginia Beach for a ginormous, New York-style, supersized slice of pizza served smoking hot—a triangle of stretchy, salty cheese atop a smear of tangy tomato sauce built on a thin-ish, golden brown crust with just the right amount of crunch.
Read MoreDecadent Pie + NC-Style BBQ
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By day, Player is a paralegal, has been for decades. By night, she is the “Aunt P” of Aunt P’s Butts, her hobby-turned-side-hustle-turned-blossoming business.
Read MoreJudy’s Sichuan Cuisine: Chinese Food with a Cult Following
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Judy’s has grown to two locations. Her authentic cuisine has developed a cult following locally and was ranked by Yahoo as the No. 1 Chinese restaurant in the state.
Read MoreRedhead Bay Cafe: Savory Eats in Creeds
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Destination: Creeds, population 1,400 and home to Redhead Bay Cafe, a remote brunch spot that you’ll have to pass myriad restaurants to get to.
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